Protocol agnostic security by using out-of-band health checks
US10630702B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/562
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method provides an improvement in security breach detection and comprises using a broker computing device, sending an initial digital fingerprint of a computing device out-of-band for storing in a distributed data repository, wherein the initial digital fingerprint is based on initial security service data of the computing device; using a gateway computing device, remotely calculating a current digital fingerprint of the computing device based on current security service data of the computing device; using the gateway computing device, conducting a real-time out-of-band health check of the computing device based, at least in part, on the initial digital fingerprint stored in the distributed data repository; and using the gateway computing device, in response to conducting the real-time out-of-band health check, determining whether to restore the computing device with configurations consistent with the initial digital fingerprint stored in the distributed data repository.
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